Hi, I'm back and I hope you enjoy this new chapter.

Chad POV:

Well we did it: We took England along with the other islands in its area, though no one can deny that it came with a price. I can't even begin to tell you how many lives were lost to retake them. But now that we have a better understanding of the enemy's forces and powers we should be able to do another attack more effectively.

Everyone was helping the wounded, mourning the dead, hunting for any more enemies or celebrating. I was currently standing in an abandon courtyard, far away from everyone else, trying to figure out what other new powers I had, if I had any.

The only logical reason why I was able to do to that guy in blue armor was maybe my Dad had gained new power and somehow they were being passed onto his kids. How, I don't know, but I was determined to find out. I was tempted to tell Crystal since she might also be developing these powers, but I wanted to keep it as low key as possible for now.

Currently I was trying to see if I could do what I did to Vezok, but so far the glow would only appear on my hands for a few seconds and then fade. I think I was doing it for too long because I soon felt completely exhausted.

Deciding to take a breather, I sat down and pulled out my water bottle and one of the blue cookies my Mom makes. Don't make fun of it either, there are very good. My Mom said she learned how to make them from Dad's Mom, my grandmother, but she could never make them as well as she did.

While I was eating I thought about the future and what would happen. Sure we had a victory here, but what of the price we paid? If victory led to results like that than we had a problem. Also who knows how many of those things are still on the planet, or worse, still coming? It could be a never-ending battle against an enemy we still knew nothing about.

My train of thought was broken when I saw something in the morning sky. It was the same five balls of light that I saw a few days ago, except they were coming back from wherever they were going. For some reason, this time they seem to have some sort effect on me, as if they wanted me to grab them or something. I raised my hand as if I was going to grab them from the sky. Suddenly it started to glow again and before I knew it one of those lights was coming directly towards me.

"Oh Shit!" I yelled as I scrambled to get out of the way. I just barely got behind some fallen benches when it collided with the ground, smoke going everywhere from the impact.

Coughing, I got up too see what it really was. I had only moved a few feet when from the crater something really big rose up. He reminded me of a Lastrigonyian giant except he wasn't trying to kill me. I couldn't see much through the smoke but I swore he was smoking a cigar.

Because of the smoke covering him I couldn't tell what he was doing but he appeared to be looking for someone. "Yo Wolf, Fist, Ember, Blade, where ya'll go too?" He shouted.

Blade? My Dad called himself that so maybe this guy knows him. Still keeping my distance I replied, "Um, down here buddy."

I think the guy heard me because his form was getting closer and closer to me until he was out of the smoke. When he finally came out I saw he was much bigger up close. He also wore a chest plate and a bandana too. The giant mustn't have fully seen me yet because he kept blabbering. "Hey Blade why ya have us crash in this piece of shit…" His question stopped when he finally saw me. "Who the hell are you, runt?"

Deciding that it wasn't a good idea to anger him is replied, "My name is Chad. If you just try not to get impatient I'll explain what happened."

After an hour of explaining, I left Ty, which was his name, to take it all in (though it seemed he knew most of the stuff already).

He blew out some smoke before finally speaking, "Blade mentioned that he had a gal here before he left. Never mentioned any kids though."

I raised an eyebrow at that. "Are you sure? Mom said that she told him she was pregnant with us before he disappeared." (A/N: Anyone feeling anything off about that?)

Ty thought about that for a moment before replying "I don't think so partner, though boss man never really was one to talk about his other life here on this planet."

It made sense that Dad would do that, though I was still kind of upset. That's when I noticed something on the ground beside Ty's foot, two of them to be exact. I picked them up and saw that they were some kind of round spheres, the size of pebbles. They were completely black but had a shine to them. "Hey Ty, these wouldn't happen to be yours would they?"

Ty looked at them and he nearly swallowed his cigar. "Chaos Damn, I didn't know I had any of those with me. Those are Void Stones."

I jiggled them in my hands like they were marbles, just to see how they feel like. "So I'm guessing there something special about them right?"

The giant nodded, "Only Blade can use them, but basically they are use to call more Vanguards to a planet, one Vanguard per stone. Simply throw them on the ground and they'll come crashing in."

"Like this?" I asked as I threw them on the ground. But the moment they touched it, the stones began to glow. I figured that wasn't supposed to happen because Ty had a shock expression. "Sweet mother of mercy, move!"

We both ran for cover as two rocks from space crashed into the ground where the stones were. About 2 minutes later, Ty and I stood up and just watched the smoke from the craters go into the air. I turned to Ty, irritated. "I thought you said only my Dad could use them?"

Ty just continued watching the smoke. "They should. My best guess is that cause you're his boy, you can probably use them too." He gave a big sigh as he began moving forward. "Well we might as well see who it is. Can't be having them wreck the joint."

I just nodded and followed his lead. When we reached the edge of the first crater Ty shouted. "Alright you Vanguards, get yo assess out of there. Its me, Ty!"

Suddenly there was an explosion from the crater and then something shot out into the air, I think a person because there was a scream following it. The person fell and slammed into a nearby building and then fell to the ground. I think he was still alive because I heard mumbling coming from him.

I guess Ty knew who he was because he smacked his hand to his face in annoyance. "Oh not him, anything but him."

I was going to ask him what he meant when my ears picked up something. I spun around and found myself staring at something I wasn't expecting: a girl's breast.

"Ahhh!" I yelled in surprise, falling backwards. The girl laughed at my response and jumped off the rock she was crouching on. She walked up to me and stretched out her hand. Still giggling she said, "Hi, the names Lory, what's yours?"

The girl was just about a few inches shorter than me and appeared to be my age. Her skin was pale but made her look attractive (not that I'm saying I am attracted to her). The color of her hair was a mix of dark red and black. She wore a black leather jacket and dark blue converse that went up to her knees along with black combat boots. Her jacket was unzipped, revealing a dark blue tank top that showed off only the top part of her breast. I noticed that along her neck were blue strips going down to her arms. She wore dark white combat gloves and her jacket had a hood that was currently down. I noticed that her eyes were gold like Kronos, but didn't give off an evil aura.

"Lory give the boy some space so he can get up huh?" Ty said, interrupting my thoughts. When she moved back a few steps allowing me to get up, Ty introduced her to me properly. "Chad, allow me to present Mallory, or Lory as she likes to be called. A Vanguard for only 200 years as well as the daughter of two Firstborns." Then he sighed as the person who crashed started walking over. "And that loon there is Ka-Boom."

The one named Ka-Boom, looked liked Ares, except seemed more friendly and crazier at the same time. He was a couple of inches taller than me but still smaller than Ty. He had multiple scars on his face, one across his left eye. His skin was much darker than Lory's too. He wore a bandana over his head and a red short sleeve shirt with a black sleeveless jacket over it. He wore brown and black cargo pants and combats boots and on his hands were black combat gloves. Strapped to his back was a backpack and what appeared to be a grenade launcher, which would explain why his name is Ka-Boom.

"Who the hell are you wee laddie?" He asked with a Scottish like accent.

Ty replied for me. "This here is Chad Jackson, apparently the boss's own flesh and blood."

Lory's eyes lit up with awe, "So like you have all his powers or something?" Before I could answer she quickly turned her focus to Ty. "Wait Ty, shouldn't you be with Blade? Why are you here?"

Ty had just opened his mouth when an explosion appeared far off in the distance. It was soon followed closely by gunfire and shouting. Ka-Boom suddenly pulled out his weapon. "No time for talk, time for action. Time to make some cockle-heidit pancakes!"

And no sooner did he say that he started sprinting towards the area. Lory just looked at him before turning towards me. With a wink she vanished in thin air. My mouth was open wide as the two ran off. "Are they always like that?" I asked Ty.

The giant began walking towards the scene while answering, "Well Lory is just excited, she hasn't been on a mission for awhile. Ka-Boom is always like that, along with the other eight."

"Other eight?" I asked. Ty nodded before explaining. "Ka-Boom is part of a team called the Annihilators. Their good but have some problems."

"Like what kind of problems?" I asked, a little nervous.

Ty scratched his head. "Well they are a little bit…unstable when going into battle, if you know what I mean."

I thought for a moment and then got what he was saying. "Uh oh."

Crystals POV:

"Move, Move!" I shouted as I used some water to stun an attacker. This bought time for the soldiers, Luke, Jack, Connor Stoll and Piper to run over to a much safer cover. I found my Mom taking cover there yelling out orders through a radio. "What do you mean armor vehicles won't work? Just move them towards the top of the pile of rubble and fire down on them! Did-Hello? Hello?"

Let me explain the situation. We were just attacked by these alien drones. I think their skin was pale but it was covered by black armor that looked organic. They had four red eyes and had digitigrades legs, which made them move much faster than anything I've ever seen. They had at least four fingers and two long tentacles sticking out of their backs.

All of them were the size of centaurs at least, wielding either laser rifles or grenade cannons. But there was this one large one that was firing a machine gun constantly. We couldn't even get a good shot without getting hit. All of our forces here were taking cover and scattered, unable to do anything without backup.

"Damn it." My Mom said, "I've lost the connection." Than she had that thinking look of hers until she finally spoke. "Okay, Jack, Luke, when I give the signal I want you to fire some lightning bolts down on that big one, stun it if you can. Everyone except those with RPG will distract the other drones. Those with RPG will fire at the big guy while he's stunned."

We all nodded, than I noticed something. My eyes widened in panic. "Mom, behind you!"

Everyone looked up and saw a drone directly above Mom, its hand raised to strike, when all of a sudden, three objects flew out of nowhere and struck the drone, blowing huge chunks of it off until it fell dead. Several more came flying out of nowhere, striking drones and exploding on impact.

"GUTS AND GLORY LADS!" Shouted the person who fired those shots. "TIME TO GET BLOODY!" And soon that person was running straight into the open towards the big drone.

"What is that guy doing, is he insane?" Piper asked. The man was firing shot everywhere, stunning, injuring or killing anything he hit. Than he pulled out another grenade launcher and began firing both, doing even more damage.

"I guess in his case, that's a good thing." I replied as I watched him get even closer to the big drone, which was having no success in bringing him down. Another drone got beside his bigger counterpart and fired an energy blast straight towards the man. The man just kept on laughing and managed to run on the side of wall while pulling out two guns in mid air.

"A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID YA!" He shouted as he landed and fired to guns. But it turns out he fired two mini grenades, which attached themselves to the drone and exploded. Finally the man did a role while pulling out what looked like a rocket launcher and fired it while being only a foot away from the large drone. An explosion and a screech soon followed after, with the man getting up and walking away with enjoyment.

But out of the smoke came an injured giant drone ready to pounce on him. But no sooner did it show itself, the drone was shot in the head, blowing it clean off. As the body fell taking its place was the largest man I've ever seen.

"Alright than." The big man said as he pumped his shotgun. "Which one of you Raze drones are next?"

As if on cue, a dozen or more of the Raze drones as they are supposedly called, began to gather around them. But out of nowhere a bright flash appeared and vaporized most of the drones. In its place was a girl wielding two swords in her hands, energy around them.

She put the swords down for a moment and fired bolts of light combined with electricity from her hands. The drones screeched in pain as they were struck, some killed on impact.

Once she was done all three of them charged the drones, which were still recovering from the attack. I noticed that any that got struck by the girl's sword doubled in even more pain than they should be.

I saw my brother running up behind us, his sword drawn. His eyes were on the three figures, his face in awe as he watched them fight. Either that or he was staring at the girl's figure.

"Hey Chad!" I shouted to him. He shook his head and turned towards us. "You know these people?"

"Sort of." He replied. "All I know is that their friends of Dad. Why are you guys just crouching there? Shouldn't we help them?

Chad POV:

After an hour we finally killed the last one of those drones. We had patrols checking the area to make sure there were no more surprises, and the Hephaestus and Vulcan cabins set up automens, and turrets to protect it incase of another attack.

Meanwhile Chiron, my Mom and everyone else I knew, were back at our forward command base, talking to the three Vanguards as they call themselves, explaining what the situation. So far they've said that their master is Chaos and that a force called the Fade has invaded our planet, which broke some rule of Chaos, thus forcing the Vanguard to investigate. Apparently my Dad is their leader and is somewhere down here investigating. I felt like they were hiding more info but no one pushed it.

"So now what will you do?" Chiron asked, his tail swishing side to side. Ty blew smoke from his cigar before replying, "Well Blade is probably somewhere else by now and the only way we can get to him if he calls us… that is if he knows where we are." He let out a huge sigh, "So for now, we're stuck with you guys."

Everyone seemed okay with that, after seeing how they handled those drones, who wouldn't. Only Mark gave them dirty looks.

Ka-Boom got up and came towards me, grabbing me by the shoulder and than my sister. "In the meantime we'll show these wee ones and thing or two about their dad's powers." Than he turned to Mom. "If that's alright with you me lady?"

Crystal and I both stared at our mom, pleading to let us try to learn these powers. She finally caved in. "Very well but be sure to be in bed at reasonable hour, we got lots of work to do tomorrow."

Hope you all like that. Sorry it took so long, I had to study and redo an regents exam. More to come soon.

Wacko12

P.S thank you XxXEnvyxXx for Lory's creation.